Arkansas Tech was notified by the Great American Conference on Thursday the contest against Rhema Bible could not be counted as a regular-season game, so it was counted as an exhibition.

“Tonight was a good night for us to give some of our back-up players some valuable game experience,” Golden Suns head coach Dave Wilbers said following the game. “I was happy with the way both our starters and reserve players performed.”

Since the game was played as an exhibition contest, none of the statistics from the game count for any of Tech’s players. The Golden Suns remain 5-0 overall, and their home winning streak remained at 39 consecutive games.

An 18-2 Arkansas Tech run midway through the first half staked the Golden Suns to a 28-7 lead. It was 54-21 at halftime, and head coach Dave Wilbers rested his starting frontcourt players — all-American senior Natalia Santos and Jessica Weatherford — in the second half.

The Suns will be idle until Dec. 10, when they host St. Edward’s University for a 4 p.m. non-conference contest at Tucker Coliseum. Arkansas Tech defeated St. Edward’s 69-55 in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 26.

“We need these next few days off. We have had a long two weeks with practices and games, so this break comes at a good time,” Wilbers added.